I'm 28 years old working on my Associates at the local community college. I live with my single mother who is 65 years old. The Navy seems like a way to finish my degree and travel the world at the same time, all while getting paid pretty well to do so. Whats ur opinions on this?
"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"
You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.
Should I join the Navy?
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"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.
Bible_Belt
Master Don Juan
Look into rotc scholarships so that you can go in as an officer after they pay for your 4-year degree. The navy's scholarships are harder to get than air force or army. Go with whoever will make you an officer. It's less work for more pay.
Dust 2 Dust
Master Don Juan
Navy life isn't for everyone. You'll be out to sea 6 months of the year and if you enlist your first 2 years are gonna be rough. You'll get stuck with all the crappy details that none of the higher ranking sailors want to do and there is no privacy on the ship if you're enlisted. You can go to college, but most sailors are too tired after working a 12 hour shift to go to class or do school work. After 4 years you can go to college on the GI Bill though.
"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"
She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.
You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.
She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.
The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.
PapiChulo
Master Don Juan
I wanted to apply to join the navy too as a direct entry MARS officer, but opted out for army instead, as it seems that any kinda relationship is gonna be hard to maintain when you are out to sea.